@julianhales: "Been given a AMD 500 pc, got a radion card, small hd etc, nice little system
Was told it hangs, well found out is does, can be any time, doing nothing,
running a program and today wheil defragging.
As its doing it in various places im not sure its a driver issue, its a 200w
AT psu and wondering if the gfx card, a 64mb is pushing it a bit.
If i remove all but the 2 needed things in startup would that narrow it down
a bit?
thanks"
    @steveray: "news:xkIdc.53172$<email_address>
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system
200w
down
Try playing around with it in Safe Mode to see if it locks up .
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    @julianhales: "news:40776929$0$8803$<email_address>
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nothing,
yes that is such a simple thing i overlooked, doh
thanks"
    @steveray: "news:lxOdc.55289$<email_address>
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Yeah , run the system in Safe Mode , if it starts to lock up again then it
could be a hardware problem.
If it doesn't lock up , then it would be a software problem.
When it does lock up again , you could also get it to reboot and then go
into the BIOS and check the CPU temperature , also you could just take the
side panel off to check if the CPU and case fans are running.
A 200 watt PSU is not really the best one to have , and the price of PSU
these days , you should be able to get a good 300 watt PSU fairly cheaply.
I brought a 300 watt PSU only a few months ago and it cost me $AUS 50
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    @julianhales: "news:<email_address>
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system
nothing,
200w
down
It has agp gfx, sound, nic(i added)
case is off so checked physical side. Its AT which i cant find new PSU's.
Sods law i left it running all day, fine."
    @julianhales: "news:4077f341$0$8792$<email_address>
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I can get ATX PSU's quite cheap, but not sure on quailty of 5 and 12 rails.
But no AT.
Cant find in bios a thermal related set of options"
    @nilrem112: "news:CQVdc.57370$<email_address>:
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned heat yet. Make sure all the vents are 
clear and all the fans are working. Make sure that the cpu heatsink is also 
clear of dust."
    @julianhales: "news:<email_address>
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a
it
PSU's.
also
As soon as i get any computer(2nd hand old machines as i refurb for poor
peeps) i whip off the cover and check for loose parts etc as there often not
used for months so bits loose.
All clean and ok, nothing untowards as i could see, added more mem and was
surprised as it said 133mhz, expected 100 or at very worst 66mhz, thinking
about it maybe that the problem, its a 500AMD which when i bought new was
max 100mhz."
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